1926 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1926 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 86.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Bill Adams (4)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Moriarty (48)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Horrie Jenkin

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Adams
Vice-Captain(s): Goldie Collins

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Adams, Bill #18 17 R01-R17 4
Allen, Bob #1 2 R04-R05 1
Anderson, Doug #33 6 R07-R12 1
Batchelor, Arthur #3 15 R01, R03-R09, R11-R16, R18 5
Brown, Luke #16 1 R17 0
Carey, Bert #2 5 R02-R04, R09-R10 5
Cashman, Jack #11 5 R01-R02, R11, R15, R18 6
Chapman, Charles #20 16 R01-R06, R08-R14, R16-R18 14
Cockram, Norm #12 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 9
Collins, Goldie #29 9 R01-R06, R08-R10 3
Corrigan, Tommy #27 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 1
Costigan, Frank #8 10 R03, R06-R08, R12-R13, R15-R18 3
Dickens, Arthur #14 15 R02, R05-R18 11
Elliott, Ern #5 14 R01, R03-R12, R14-R15, R18 0
Fitzgerald, John #25 3 R09-R11 0
Gordon, George #17 18 R01-R18 0
Hayes, Alf #26 5 R13-R17 0
Hellwig, Gordon #9 16 R01-R08, R11-R18 16
Hickey, Tom #37 4 R03-R04, R13-R14 4
Jenkin, Horrie #4 18 R01-R18 0
Kemp, Cyril #28 9 R10-R18 1
Knipe, Reg #32 1 R02 1
McCracken, Gordon #24 12 R02-R04, R07-R08, R12-R18 9
Merrick, Bob #22 5 R01-R05 7
Millen, Jack #35 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 12
Moriarty, Jack #6 14 R01-R08, R10, R14-R18 48
O'Rourke, Jack #15 14 R01, R05-R13, R15-R18 21
Ryan, Ed #30 3 R07, R10-R11 0
Tarbotton, Jim #21 3 R06-R07, R12 0
Truman, Vic #7 10 R02-R04, R09-R10, R13-R14, R16-R18 0
Warren, Les #31 7 R01-R02, R05-R06, R09, R15-R16 0
Wigraft, Len #10 6 R01, R03-R07 2
Williams, Fred #19 1 R01 0
Wood, Lockie #23 11 R05-R06, R08-R14, R17-R18 2

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Belcher, Vic 18 6 -0- 12 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
01/05/1926 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 39 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
08/05/1926 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 58 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
15/05/1926 Round 3 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 1 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
22/05/1926 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 11 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
29/05/1926 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN FIT by 10 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
05/06/1926 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 4 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
07/06/1926 Round 7 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 15 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
19/06/1926 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 34 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
26/06/1926 Round 9 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 15 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
03/07/1926 Round 10 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 29 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
10/07/1926 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 39 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
17/07/1926 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 42 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
07/08/1926 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 15 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
14/08/1926 Round 14 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 42 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
21/08/1926 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 62 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
28/08/1926 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 22 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
04/09/1926 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 35 Vic Belcher Bill Adams
11/09/1926 Round 18 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 55 Vic Belcher unknown